February 12, 2007                     

Five new members inducted into Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame

Recognizing alumni who have added to the rich and honored tradition of Cowley College athletics, five new members were inducted into the Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday.

The new members are Raymond Judd, LeRoy Call, Jill Stinson, Don Miller and Travis Hafner. The inductees attended a social Friday evening in Cowley College’s Earle N. Wright Community Room. They then spoke at the Hall of Fame luncheon Saturday in the Wright Room, and concluded their weekend by being recognized at halftime of Cowley’s men’s basketball game versus Neosho County Saturday night.

The late Raymond Judd was the Tiger men’s tennis coach from 1950 to 1956. He led ACJC to six conference championships in his seven years as head coach.

LeRoy Call was a multi-sport standout and an All-American football player at ACJC in 1960-61.

Call played football, basketball and ran track at ACJC. As quarterback for the Tiger football team he was an All-Conference selection as a freshman and named an All-American as a sophomore.

He was also a two-year letterman in basketball and track, and was the team captain in all three sports during his sophomore season.

Stinson played volleyball, basketball and softball at Cowley from 1978-80.  She led the Cowley volleyball and women’s basketball teams to conference championships as a player, and also coached the Johnson County Community College volleyball team to the NJCAA Division II National Championship in 2005.

Miller played at ACJC during the 1956-57 and 1957-58 seasons. That 1956-57 team won the Western Conference, Region VI Tournament, and placed eighth at the national tournament.

The 1957-58 team won the Big Springs (Texas) Invitation Tournament at Howard County College, tied for first in the Western Conference, and placed third in the Region VI Tournament.

Hafner helped lead the 1996 Tiger baseball team to the program’s first trip to the NJCAA College World Series and a record of 51-13.

He followed up the success of his freshman season by leading the Tiger baseball team to the first of back-to-back national championships in 1997 and was named the Most Valuable Player of the NJCAA World Series. Hafner, who was named a Third-Team All-American, drove in a school-record 82 runs and helped Cowley to a record of 53-11.

This past season with the Cleveland Indians, Hafner batted .308 with a career-high 42 home runs and 117 runs batted in, while being limited to 129 games due to injury. This marked the third straight season Hafner surpassed the 100 RBI mark.

Pictured are, from left, Raymond Judd's daughter, Kathy Judd, LeRoy Call, Jill Stinson, Travis Hafner, and Don Miller.